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Petrified Wood
(DSM# 10769) Mississippi is home to the largest deposits of petrified wood east of the Mississippi.
Petrified Wood
(DSM# 10768) Mississippi is home to the largest deposits of petrified wood east of the Mississippi.
Basilosaurus cetoides (Owen 1839) Toothed whale vertebra
(unnumbered) The state fossil of Mississippi is the 'toothed whale". Basilosaurus cetoides is one of the two species of toothed whale found in the state, the other being Zygorhiza kochii.
Bison sp. (Smith 1827) Femur
(DSM #FQP105) This femur is about three times the size of a modern domesticated steer.
Mammut sp. (Blumenbach 1799) Mastodon Tooth
(no number) Mastodon teeth have higher pointier cusps than mammoth teeth.
Lignite Coal from Mississippi
(unnumbered)
Slab of Limestone containing multiple marine fossils including Trilobites Snails Brachiopods and Crinoids
(DSM# 10767)
Bony fish fossil - articulated
(DSM# FK196) This articulated (intact) fish skeleton found in north Mississippi has not yet been identified.
Anomoedus sp. (Forir 1887) Fish tooth plate
(DSM# K83) Extinct order of bony fish.
Scapanorhynchus raphiodon texanus (Agassiz 1843) Goblin Shark Teeth
(DSM# 10764) The Goblin shark is a deep water scavenger that is still alive today.